# 骸

| 骸 | U+9AB8, &#39608; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB8 |
| ← 骷 [U+9AB7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 骹 → [U+9AB9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

骸 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜女人 (BBYVO), four-corner 7028$_2$, composition ⿰骨亥)
* skeleton, body
* leg bone

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 50
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45164
* Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4412, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9AB8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 該 | *kɯː |
| 垓 | *kɯː |
| 賅 | *kɯː |
| 陔 | *kɯː |
| 豥 | *kɯː, *ɡɯː |
| 荄 | *kɯː, *krɯː |
| 郂 | *kɯː |
| 姟 | *kɯː |
| 絯 | *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 晐 | *kɯː |
| 峐 | *kɯː |
| 侅 | *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 胲 | *kɯː |
| 頦 | *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː |
| 奒 | *kʰɯː |
| 輆 | *kʰɯːʔ |
| 欬 | *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds |
| 硋 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
| 閡 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
| 咳 | *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː |
| 孩 | *ɡɯː |
| 亥 | *ɡɯːʔ |
| 劾 | *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ |
| 痎 | *krɯː |
| 烗 | *kʰrɯːɡs |
| 骸 | *ɡrɯː |
| 駭 | *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 刻 | *kʰɯːɡ |
| 餩 | *qɯːɡ |
| 核 | *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ |

### Etymology

Possibly related to 核 (OC *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ, “kernel; seed”) (Schuessler, 2007; Smith, 2011). See there for further etymology.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hái (hai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haai$^4$ / hoi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hái
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hái
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^2$
*** Yale: hái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair
*** Palladius: хай (xaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haai$^4$ / hoi$^4$
*** Yale: hàaih / hòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haai$^4$ / hoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hai$^4$ / hoi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːi̯²¹/, /hɔːi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi
*** Tâi-lô: hâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hai²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hai²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai²³/
* Middle Chinese: heaj
Rime :
| Character | 骸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 戸皆切 |
| Baxter | heaj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠɛi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚæi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɐi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦəɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɛi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɐi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣăi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xié |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤrə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 骸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hái |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hɛj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁrə/ |
| English | bones, skeleton |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 骸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4835 |
| Phonetic component | 亥 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 諧 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrɯː/ |

### Definitions

骸
* skeleton; bones (particularly of a dead person)
* shinbone
* body

#### Compounds

* 乞骸
* 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ)
* 土木形骸
* 屍骸 / 尸骸 (shīhái)
* 形骸 (xínghái)
* 打骸垢
* 支骸
* 放浪形骸 (fànglàng xínghái)
* 易子析骸
* 析骸以爨 (xīháiyǐcuàn)
* 析骸易子
* 殘骸 / 残骸 (cánhái)
* 潛骸竄影 / 潜骸窜影
* 炊骨爨骸
* 遺骸 / 遗骸 (yíhái)
* 骸骨 (háigǔ)
* 點檢形骸 / 点检形骸

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* corpse

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
* Kun: むくろ (mukuro, 骸)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 骸
* むくろ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 軀
From Old Japanese. Compound of 身(む) (mu, “body”, bound form of standalone mi) + くろ (kuro). The derivation of the kuro element is uncertain, but it might be an alteration or ancient form of 幹 (kara, “trunk, main part”).

### Noun

骸(むくろ) • (mukuro)
* corpse

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:屍

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 骸 (MC heaj).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅢᆼ (Yale: hhay) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄒᆡ (hoy) (Yale: hoy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [hɛ] ~ [he̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [해/헤]

### Hanja

Wikisource 骸 (eumhun 뼈 해 (ppyeo hae))
* hanja form of 해 (“corpse; body”)
* hanja form of 해 (“bone”)

#### Compounds

* 걸해 (乞骸, geolhae)
* 망해 (亡骸, manghae)
* 사해 (死骸, sahae)
* 성해 (聖骸, seonghae)
* 유해 (遺骸, yuhae)
* 잔해 (殘骸, janhae)
* 해골 (骸骨, haegol)
* 해탄 (骸炭, haetan)
* 형해 (形骸, hyeonghae)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

骸: Hán Nôm readings: hài
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